| Show COUNTY ROAD IS iq SELECTED aej ua i A lly best nonpolitical non political convention ever held here state and count money to be expended every year north and south of richfield the call for the good roid convention for sevier county brought orth a general response re Bonie from enera pirt part of tie the county there were delegates dele delc eates izates present when hans tuft chairman cha irmin of the good roads association called the consention ion to order on therill for a chairman hans tuft was nominated ind and elected in short order and john job hood aas was as secretary tuft explained that the object of the meeting was to decide upon a location for a permanent county and state road the last legislature leei slature 1000 to etch each county to be expended on a permanent road through the counties P pov idine thit that counties expend bend an amount proportionate to their assessed valuation on the road accordine in to the gehe schedule dule sevier county w would be expected to contribute towards the road this mone from the state is lying lun unexpended expended in the state treasury A permanent load should be located and an effort made to get what aid was available parley magleby explained the present system of first and second class loads in the county with the aid ot of i a map first class roads are designated as those most traveled and second class as the roads with least travel on them in order ta to bring brine the matter before the file convention prop erh i E magleby lio moved ed that the roid road from the boun bourdan darN line to richfield eld be F st considered and located this adb v 11 H 11 bell of glenwood glenwoodw Glenwoo df offered an all amendment imen dment that the general trend of the county road from north to south be considered with the theRon poi brits ts foi ent antenne etina and leaving le ivine the county the amendment was wa lost J E made an extended motion outlining the county road from where it enters the county on the coith to redmond thence to salma salina thence west to the rocky ford canal thence tollo rol lowina winZ the canil to aurora thence south to vermilion them theme e to sigurd thence west to the vermilion canal follo followings fol lowins winz the einal canal binl bank to a point north of venice thence through venice south to the county told roid between glenwood and richfield Richtie ld P F peterson offered an all amendment that a committee con consisting sistina ot of one del delcarte deIcHl te from each be appointed to determine the route from the north boundary to richfield eld there was no second to co the amendment W H see cmiller miller and 11 11 II bell sun supported ported the motion ib as made by mr He hepfler pointing out 0 thit that the loads in the county should be made giue for the accommodation of the people in ti tn velini from town to town more thin than for a through road Da dustrud strul and mcmullen cn of sigurd bought into the discussion the question of recompense for right feht of dav thu the ra were of the opinion thit that th it the county was nas not in i a position to pay ann an prices for of wan hii evil eph and A M andirson andi An durson were of the decided opinion that sigurd cit leens should not bo be e pecked to furnish haht of way for the road C N in who had offered to secure fou fifths of of dav aa for the read from sigurd too tool 1 e ex xa a bention to the of f ca corn adamina ot of living right of dav H HP p offered to do as ag much as any one man to have the road eo ao as outlined although althou eh ah a road higher on the bench would be of more value to him john mcmullen guaranteed towards securing eurine se a right of waa long the canal bink as outlined cind and this brought forth applause the convention tool took a races it this point boint to eive aide the precincts ta a chance to ret get tn together aether on the tion of a i loute and of a right aright of wal wai on motion of henry larsen ArTER AFTERNOON NOON SESSION CESSION the convention nas is called to order shortly after the hour anial for the afternoon session and am the deles delca ites were not long lone in plunging into the bu business iness in ill hand the motion of J E hepper a as to the location loci tion of the road from redmond to richfield was adopted with out dissension tha real light ot of the day was then launched after had on the map the present recognized county roads blading inding south from Rich filed one load goes coes to elsinore and another road goes through central to monroe still mother another road poes goes to central then the fields fielda to elsinore slid and a fourth route leies elsinore Elain abing south to munroe ind and to th continued on oil page pae five COUNTY ROAD IS SELECTED continued from one south boundary line hirtley started the fire fireworks arks when N hen hj h j mo moed ed th it at tile the contention establish the drosd south fiona richfield lil to central thene to monroe and ami on oil to the Min salo divide adelel aceb from elsinore Elsi noie joseph joseoh anil and cove donned their war biga irn im and hostilities nere ivere evened uncle andie ross rosa was inas in the front of the fight to begin ith and urged thit th it the proposed oro posed roid go CO through then to joseph and on cleir clear creek lamon ile he volunteered some information as to the difference in the grades of the litter fitter carnon canyon ab b with the Mar Alan divide ind made a plea le for his road S leeral it temps feie eie made to amend the greenwood motion but tha balled to let until john A embodied en bodied uncle andrews An diews ideas in in an amendment vieh wis was the fight ficht aed ind and chaiees of selfishness s eie vas based ed from east to aest and biln agian abian the josephites being bein in the west enss and the from the c J E Mac lebi A iff W bohman arc ard mi imi tuft callan deferred defer deil ded the otlE rinal vinal motion while bles rs gl ga 3 A oacar anderson andersen J W parker and others from up the liver contended ct ronal for a lod up ud clear cieck c anion cimon P Is Pet eibon of silina S ilina ind and A 0 ander andersen anderon on of cove eich ened to get a committee om mitteL of one biorn aiom eidi precinct to dt decide cile the nutter matter but bul the conri convention tion would not for it john A parker withdrew with diew his a endt amendment and substituted one that established the road turn film richfield to elsinore ofer the present bench road then south to the counts count boundary line leaving le ain joseph ind cove coe to the west and monroe to the east cast C N stillman iti hed in with another amendment that the road run s south from richfield to central Cent ial then to elsinore then south to the county lines then did the fight va wax furious and a dozen were clamoring for antion at once after an hour of heated discussion a vote was nas ordered eada precinct ws was alloi aliened ed five fie otei notes when these were nere counted both amendments i wre ire re hobt by hip big majorities maion maiori ties the question then recurred on the ori anvil motion and the vote ote resulted in 30 to 3 33 and the chairman chi irman declared the vote a tie five file minutes recess was ordered for a caucus of the delegations and when this thi s ended the motion and the stillman amendment were reconsidered and discussed during the discussion a compromise was agreed upon and the stillman amendment was inas carried this dus gives anes the permanent route from richfield to central thence to elsinore and on oil south to the alar mars s ale divide the matter of the cost of the right of dav alone alona the canal bank from sigurd to a point north of venice nas was considered and the mitter was referred to henry larsen J E and E W crane as a com mitten to investigate A motion was made to expend the state and county funds on oil the broadb leading north and south from richfield an equal amount to be spent in each director dir ecton and this was ca carried ried the convention was an enthusiastic one and the delegates went home feeling that one great step hid had been taken in the matter of a good and permanent hi allway for this county |
